Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is a memoir by playwright and poet Nick Flynn, describing Flynn's reunion with his estranged father, Jonathan, an alcoholic resident of the homeless shelter where Nick was a social worker in the late 1980s. The title refers to Jonathan's description of homeless life in Boston.[1] It was published by W. W. Norton in September 2004.
The memoir earned Flynn a 2004 award from PEN International, was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and has been translated into thirteen languages.[2][3][4]
In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox acquired the rights to produce a movie adaptation of the memoir,[5] Filming began in the summer of 2010 with Paul Weitz as director, and starring Robert De Niro as Jonathan and Paul Dano as Nick.[6] The film, scheduled for release in spring 2012, is titled Being Flynn.